Vikash Hoodaand Pooja Jangra*
DES, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sadalpur-125050, CCSHAU, Hisar
Email: poojajangra.hau@gmail.com
Received-01.12.2023, Revised-12.12.2023, Accepted-25.12.2023
Abstract: The level of acceptance of advanced agricultural technology in the innovation diffusion process, is the most important element for encouraging a gain in agricultural production. The goal of the current study was to compare the yield disparities between the farmers’ practices and the improved package of practices of rapeseed mustard under Cluster Font Line Demonstrations (CFLD) on mustard crop by KVK Sadalpur (Hisar) during rabi 2019–2020 season. The results revealed that the yield of mustard grown in demonstration plots was much higher than that of check plots (farmer’s practice). Overall, the output of demonstration plots was 21.92% higher than that of check plots. The 4.0q ha-1 average extension gap brought attention to the need for farmers to receive education through a range of extension approaches in order for them to adopt improved agricultural technology. An average technology index was 22.61% across three clusters. The economic feasibility of the intervention was shown by a good B: C ratio. The aforementioned information suggests that mustard crop productivity may be increased through cluster demonstrations, which encourage farmers to use the types of scientific production methods that were on exhibit in the CFLD plots.
Keywords: Oilseeds, Technology gap, Mustard crop
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